Only private tours are available at the moment, please contact me privately.
Details
| Max people: | 18 |
|---|---|
| Days: | Wednesday 2-4-pm |
| Meeting point | PIAZZA MADONNA DEGLI ALDOBRANDINI |
The Medici in Florence
Art, Philosophy, and the Women of the Renaissance
Details
| Max people: | 18 |
|---|---|
| Days: | Wednesday 2-4-pm |
| Meeting point | PIAZZA MADONNA DEGLI ALDOBRANDINI |
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Description
In Florence, among the palaces and gardens of the Medici, the Renaissance is reborn from the classical world. Cosimo the Elder founds the dynasty’s wealth, Lorenzo the Magnificent brings it to its intellectual peak, fostering an open-mindedness unusual for its time. Marsilio Ficino translates Plato after a millennium of oblivion, and in the garden of San Marco, amid marble dust and the scent of neroli, Michelangelo reveals his talent.
On this guided tour of Florence, we will recall the power of symbols that still today lets us recognize the Medici presence in a painting, a statue, a garden, shedding light on the fundamental role art played at the time.
At the heart of this story will be the women: Eleonora, Caterina, Anna Maria. Mothers, daughters, and wives who, in the shadows, were silent and decisive protagonists of Medici power.
Suggested itinerary:
- Piazza dell’Unità Italiana
- Medici Chapels
- Piazza San Lorenzo
- Palazzo Medici
- Piazza del Duomo
- Piazza della Repubblica
- Piazza della Signoria
- Ponte Vecchio
- Palazzo Pitti
